Birmingham, Alabama
Posted: 21-Aug-24
Location: Walden, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Salary: $59.44/ hr.
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Mountain Parks Electric is a distribution cooperative seeking individuals for the Troubleman Lineman positions in our Walden and Kremmling, Colorado locations. If you are looking for a long-term career and you love the cooperative model, then MPE may be the place for you. Wage is $59.44/ hr. and an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, LTD, 401k, HSA employer contributions, and paid time off programs.
Mountain Parks Electric has approximately 70 employees, 1,800 miles of line, and serves 22,000 meters. MPE is headquartered in Granby, Colorado located at an elevation of 7,935 feet, 90 miles from Denver International Airport and 25 minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park. Experience gold-medal fishing in the Colorado and Fraser Rivers or take a boat out on Lake Granby, the second largest body of water in Colorado. Granby is near Shadow Mountain and Grand Lake and offers spectacular scenery, miles of hiking trails connecting Granby to Fraser, Colorado, downhill skiing, mountain bike trail systems, and down-hill bike park and cross-country trails at nearby resorts.
The Troubleman Lineman will help ensure the reliability and safety of the electric distribution system by troubleshooting, maintaining, and restoring service in a timely and efficient manner. This position will respond, investigate, and /or repair service interruptions to ensure or to provide prompt restoration of service, and assist in evaluating the cause of the interruption to prevent future interruptions and provide continued reliability. The Troubleman Lineman will diagnose and troubleshoot issues within MPE’s system, including substations, overhead and underground lines, transformers, and other equipment, and will perform switching operations to isolate and de-energize faulty sections of the system and restore power to affected areas.
Journeyman lineman with 3 years closely related and progressive job experience, with a thorough understanding of electric distribution systems. Must have a valid Colorado Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and must keep current and valid throughout employment. They also must reside within a 45-minute response time of service area center, and within service territory.